”Bout that Life” AAU Basketball and Life talk Episode 17

2021-01-17

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, following the theme of Jessup January, the coaches get the chance to sit down with the new Head Coach, for the William Jessup women's program, Coach Hernando Planells. He comes to his first year as a head coach at Jessup with tons of experience and has been an embodiment of the "Grind" mentality. He also was a coach Duke University which can hopefully help you aspiring basketball players understand the viewpoint college coaches...

The NBA has had rumors of shutting down for 14 days due to the recent rise in Covid-19 cases around the league and of course we will touch on James Harden epic triple double debut in Brooklyn. YBA and the Sacramento area has been allowed re-open back up and that has got the AAU basketball world excited and should be interesting to watch unfold.

The coaches address the inauguration of president elect Joe Biden this coming week and there thoughts and opinions about how the country must prepare. As always the coaches want to talk basketball and you are certainly in for a great episode.

Guest: Hernado Planells(Head Coach women's William Jessup)

Planells most recently served as the Associate Head Coach for the women’s basketball program at Duke University in Durham
Assistant coach from 2013 – 2016 with the Blue Devils before being promoted to his Associate Head Coach role for which he held for three seasons.
Duke featured a top-five ranked recruiting class in each season he was with the program.

Head Coach of the Wyoming Golden Eagles of the All-American Professional Basketball in 2005, before becoming an NBA scout from -2005 – 2010.
2010 as he was named an Assistant Coach for the Maine Red Claws of the NBA G League.

Along with his coaching duties for Jessup, Planells serves as the Head Coach of the New Zealand U17 National Team, where he has been in that role since 2018.
Abusiness owner, as he operates Be Contagious Leadership. He is a frequent public speaker and has the “Be Contagious podcast”.

School Website:

https://jessupathletics.com/sports/womens-basketball

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jessup_WBB

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessup_wbb/

Social Media:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachhpjr/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hernando.planells

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hernandojr

Website: https://jessupathletics.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/hernando-planells/253

"When your comfortable your stagnant and stop looking for new ways to do it" Hernando Planells

This episode we get to see the perspective of a journeymen coach that has the D1 pedigree and the knowledge to back it up.

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are going to see if Coach H is really Bout That Life!!!